Iran revolution 1970s

Women at the beach, in Iran 1970s : Iran was a very different country, pre-1979, to what it is now, both economically and socially. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled as Shah, having been given strengthened monarchical powers by the US-UK backed 1953 coup, and he introduced wide-spread social changes, particularly after the 1963 White Revolution. These included radical reforms of the social system, secularism and a re-distribution of wealth. Iran aligned with the Western powers, and they saw Iran…

In 1979, around 100,000 Iranian women took to the streets of Tehran to protest against the newly imposed hijab law, demanding their rights and freedom of choice.

Beautiful IRAN before The Dark Islamic Revolution 1979

Ghashghaei Tribe People Visiting The City (Shiraz?) - Circa Early 1970's

Before the 1979 Revolution , when hijab was not in force, family albums capture Iranian women's embrace of western fashion, as seen in movie...

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Beautiful IRAN before The Dark Islamic Revolution 1979

1. The Floating Cabin of your dreams Claudius Schulze’s first attempt to get around Hamburg’s rising rent prices was a treehouse. He was met, however, with the gargantuan might of German building regulations, which led him to discover how much simpler it would be to build on water, where anyone

Farah Diba & Schah von Persien

Women in Pahlavi Era